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VOYAGES OF A NATURALIST 



Cocoanut trees, 18. 219, 228, 233. 

 " Coco de Mer," 132. 

 Collocalia, 2 1 6. 

 comorensis, Coracopsis, 89. 



Pteropus, 87. 



Comoro Islands, 82-92. 



Condors {Sarcorhamphus gryphus), 



163. 

 coppingeri, Turtur, 102. 

 Copra, 221. 

 Cormorants, 71, 173. 



{Phalacrocorax atriceps), 167. 



(P. capensis), 77. 



(P. neglectus), 77. 



(P. vigua), 183. 



coronata, Dendroeca, 147. 

 corvina, Terpsipkone, 130. 

 Cosmoledo (coral island), 123. 

 Crab -plovers {Dromas ardeola), 85, 



118. 

 Crabs, 3, 181 ; land-crabs, 43, 45, 



58, 91, 223 ; robber-crabs [Birgus 



latro), 105, 112, 122 ; spider-crabs, 



180. 

 crassirostris, Ixocincla, 131. 

 crawfordi, Buteroides, 111. 

 Corvina, 160. 



Dendroeca, 154. 



Gygis, 44. 



Pyroderces, 222. 



creatopus, Pufflnus, 189. 

 cristata, Coryihornis, 85. 



Crows {Corvus scapulatus), 102, 109. 

 Cuckoos {Coccyzus maynardi). 148. 



lark-heeled, 96, 110. 



Curieuse (island), 130. 

 Curlews, 85. 

 Curlew-Sandpipers, 83. 

 cyanurum, Lygosoma, 209, 222. 



dacunhae, Pelecanoides, 67. 

 Dassen Island, 70-81. 

 delicata, Gallinago, 33. 

 demur sus, Spheniscus, 161. 

 depressa, Nertera, 69. 

 desmursi, Sylviorthorynchus, 186. 

 Diego Suarez, 92. 

 discolor, Dendroeca, 147. 

 Dolphins, 162. 



dominicanus, Larus, 78, 190. 

 Dotterel {Eudromias modesta), 172. 

 Doves {Turtur aldahr anus), 117, 123. 



{T. assumptionis), 109. 



(T. coppingeri), 102. 



{Ptilopus fasciatus), 236. 



(Zenaida auriculata), 15. 



Easter Island, 192-206. 

 ecaudatus, Centetes, 90, 98. 

 Eden Harbour, 182. 

 Egrets, sacred (Demiegretta sacra), 



117, 217. 

 Eimeo (island), 216, 225. 

 Elephantiasis, 230. 

 elephantina, Testudo, 115. 

 eleutha, Nipara, 222. 

 eminentissima, Nesocantkis, 86. 

 eremita, Nesochicla, 65. 

 Europa Island, 82. 

 exulans, Diomedea, 65, 158. 



fasciata, Stegomyia, 212, 222. 

 fasciatus, Ptilopus, 236. 

 Fautawa, 218. 

 Felicite Island, 129. 

 Fernando de Noronha, 11-20. 

 ferox, Gryptoprocta, 99. 



Myiarchus, 32. 



Fiji Islands, 239. 



Finches {Euethia bicolor), 141, 216. 



{Nesospiza acunhae), 66. 



Fishing : at St. Paul's Rocks, 6, 10 ; 



at Tahiti, 217 ; at Upolu, 231. 

 flaviventris, Motacilla, 96. 

 Flycatchers (Elainea albiceps), 166. 



(E. martinica), 141. 



{Myiarchus ferox), 32. 



{M. pelzelni), 32. 



{Pitangus caymanensis), 151. 



{Terpsiphone corvina), 130. 



{T. lindsayi), 86. 



{Tyrannus melancholicus), 32. 



Flying fish, 3. 



Fossa {Cryptoprocta ferox), 99. 

 Fowls, domestic, in a wild state, 



103. 

 franciscoe, Astur, 95. 

 franklini, Larus, 188. 

 Frigate birds, 119, 153. 



great {Fregata aquila), 14, 48, 



60, 102, 216. ' 



lesser {F. ariel), 49. 



Fruit : bananas, 208, 224 ; cocoa- 

 nuts, 18, 208, 224; figs, 16 

 guavas, 150 ; limes, 208 ; man- 

 goes, 30 ; oranges, 224 ; plan- 

 tains, 219, 224 ; sapodillas, 18 ; 

 water-melons, 208. 



Fruit bats {Pteropus comorensis), 87. 



{P. rufflcollis), 228-230. 



Fuegians, 174, 175, 181, 184. 



fuliginosa, Diomedea, 65, 68, 69, 72. 



Sterna, 17, 60, 61, 104. 



